You just reminded me...my parents actually have a few of these old "water
bags" hanging up in their barn. I guess they came with the place, which was
built in 1924. Looked like they'd never been used, as they still have the
printed writing "Desert Cooler" on the front. Time to go find those!
-Boyo
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:07:49 -0600
>From: advent@thuntek.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Radiator
>There are also from the days of long ago, a water bag called
>"Desert Cooler" that you filled with water and you hung off your
>front bumper. it was made from some kind of plant fiber and the
>entire thing would get wet and the evaporation would cool the water
>for drinking or for use in the radiator if you boiled over in the hot
>California deserts. When you stopped for drink or some gas or
>whatever, the bees and wasps would be quick to find it, too.
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